Henry Jones
61 movies · 99 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 1, 1912
- Died
- May 17, 1999 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Henry Burk Jones · Генри Джонс
Biography
Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film and television.
Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk. He attended the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph's Preparatory School.
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Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theatre credits included My Sister Eileen, Hamlet, The Time of Your Life, They Knew What They Wanted, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Sunrise at Campobello, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Performance in a Drama.
Jones appeared in more than 180 movies and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It, 3:10 to Yuma, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vertigo, Cash McCall, The Bramble Bush, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee, Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Arachnophobia.
On television, Jones appeared in Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Phyllis, Night Gallery, Emergency!, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space, "Curse Of Cousin Smith," great acting by Henry, and R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television western movie Something for a Lonely Man.
Jones died in Los Angeles, California, at age 86, from complications from injuries suffered in a fall.
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Known for
Henry Jones: movies and TV shows
Acting (160)
- 1995 Picture Windows: Lightning
as Assayer
- 1994 Breathing Lessons
as Sam
- 1992 Mastergate
as Oral Proctor
- 1992 Grass Roots
as Sen. Ben Carr
- 1990 The Grifters
as Sims
- 1990 Arachnophobia
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
- 1990 Dick Tracy
as Night Clerk
- 1990 Enid Is Sleeping
as Old Man
- 1989 Nowhere to Run
as Judge Culbert
- 1989
- 1987
- 1986 The Leftovers
as Thorndike
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Code Name: Foxfire
as Phillips
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 The Magic Statue
as Cyril Carson
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Deathtrap
as Porter Milgrim
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 California Gold Rush
as Joe Gillis
- 1980 Nine to Five
as Mr. Hinkle
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Tail Gunner Joe
as Armitage
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975 Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Lee Jones
- 1975
- 1975 Please Call It Murder
as Dr. Vincent
- 1974 Roll, Freddy, Roll!
as Theodore Menlo
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 The Outfit
as Doctor
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 Hitched
as Barnstable
- 1973 Tom Sawyer
as Senhor Dobbins
- 1973
- 1973 The Letters
as Mailman
- 1972 Pete 'n' Tillie
as Mr. Tucker
- 1972
- 1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Codge Collier
- 1972
- 1972 Napoleon and Samantha
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
- 1972
- 1971 Skin Game
as Sam Cutler
- 1971 The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
as Judge
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Love Hate Love
as Tom Blunden
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970 Dirty Dingus Magee
as Rev. Green
- 1970 The 48-Hour Mile
as Decker
- 1970 Rabbit, Run
as Mr. Angstrom
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Hanson
- 1970 The Movie Murderer
as Martin Moss
- 1970
- 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Bike Salesman
- 1969 Rascal
as Garth Shadwick
- 1969 Angel in My Pocket
as Will Sinclair
- 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Henry Jackson
- 1968 Something for a Lonely Man
as R.J. Hoferkamp
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Project X
as Dr. Crowther
- 1968 Stay Away, Joe
as Hy Slager
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 The Crucible
as Reverend Parris
- 1967 The Champagne Murders
as Mr. Clark
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965 Never Too Late
as Dr. Kimbrough
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Best Years
as Dean Baker
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Angel Baby
as Ben Hays
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Bramble Bush
as Parker Welk
- 1960 Cash McCall
as Gil Clark
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 Vertigo
as Coroner
- 1957 The Mystery of Thirteen
as Walter Palmer
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 3:10 to Yuma
as Alex Potter
- 1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Henry Rufus
- 1956 The Girl Can't Help It
as Mousie
- 1956 The Girl He Left Behind
as Hanson
- 1956 The Bad Seed
as Leroy Jessup
- 1955
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents · TV
as Wally Long / George Tiffany / Harry Parker / John Treadwell / Miles Cheever · 5 episodes
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Taxi
as Thorndike (uncredited)
- 1953 Mr. Matches
as Mr. Matches
- 1952 The Lady Says No
as Potsy
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948
- 1947
- 1943 This Is the Army
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1949 Lights Out
1 episode